The Singapore Free Press, 6 December 1950

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press
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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTERNOON SALE IN MALAYA ft W> SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DKCKMBHt 6. 1950. VHWh I'KN I IMS.
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    'DUNKIRK' PLAN DENIED IN AMERICA
    116 1  - 'DUNKIRK' PLAN DENIED IN AMERICA A ttlee Truman Jyo decision by WASHINGTON, Wednesday. rKARSthat report* b> Uen, Omar Bradley, chairman of the IS Joint r Chiefs of Staff, to Mr. Attlee, Mr Truman and to a I.S. Senate committee portended a general evacuation of Korea by United Nations troops were
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    Fall in rubber exports
    18 1 Free Pr^s stall X porter gHIPM£NTS Ih m dr. re-ex; 0.141 tons, c 1
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    NO SEPARATEPEACE
    6 1 ■m will not A.P.
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    U.N. awaits reply to peace feelers
    119 1 LAKE SUCCESS, Wed. IJNITED Nations iefcgaton> have completed the first sta«e of putting inn feelen to Ike ommunist hinese for a solution to the Korean crisis. Just what these feelers are is unknown but the United Nat ons is awaiting Peking's reaction. India i»
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    U.N. takes up Peking attack
    171 1 U.N. takes up Peking attack LAKE SUCCESS. Wednesday. FHK STEERING Committee of the United Nations General issemWj yesterday approved, over Soviet objections, a U.S. demand that the 6*-nation troop act immediately* to deal with the Chinese Communist Intervention' 1 In Korea. India abstained as the committee voted 10 to two
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    White House death drama
    52 1 WASHINGTON. Wed MR. G. Ross, press secretary :•> President Truman, died m his White House office early last night The 6f>-year-okl veteran newspaperman had suffered a -ell shortly after a news* conference m which he reported on the second Truvtlee meetii His death was attributed to
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    SAGE DIES
    6 1 Sri A I Pon
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    Dutch plan for Germany
    97 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. US. State Department offl- dais yesterday confirmed reports from London that the North Atlantic Treaty deputies are considering a Dutch plan for the appointment ol a High Commissioner In control oj German armed forces which may be i »*d as part ol a Western
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    CHANG MAY SEE ATTLEE
    50 1 Mr John M Chang, Korean Ambassador to the United States, -viid m Washing rday that he was se 'king m app v Wli:i Attlee to dis i a London's rude on the Korean ...<■ d.d not kno* vlr Attlee *ould ha M durip* h| h:- erica.
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    BLOOD STARTER
    22 1 The Sudan ugnt a i r Khartoum i rator re accordant ith ioca new animal's bloo i AP. A. P.
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    YOUNGER CALLED TO TALKS
    133 1 YOUNGER CALLED TO TALKS WASHINGTON, Wed. YIR. Kenneth Younger, iTI British Minister of State and leader of the British delegation to the United Nations, was called to Washington yesterday to take nart In the conference net ween Mr. Attlee and Mr Truman. At Mr. Attlee'i request, Mr. Younger came to
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    NEHRU: 'grave crisis'
    89 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. rruiE Indian Prime Minister, 1 Pandit Nehru, said today that the gravest crisis" a the world and c illed for strong military forces to def( nd India's "precious" freedom. Pandit Nehru's Flag Day appeal to India's defence forces was one «>t the strongyet by
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    CHURCHILL: 'I back Attlee'
    60 1 LONDON. Wed \IIt Winston Churchill told i»l the House of Commons yesterday that the Prim.' Minister, Mr. AtUee. has the full support of the Conservative opposition m his Korean crisis talks with President Truman. He also indicated that he is content to take a back seat
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    MORE UK MEAT
    22 1 British I now contributing 25 per cent more home-grow«i meat than a aso to the wppklv ra Uon A.P.
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    Best bets for today
    47 1 From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH. Wednesday. MY best bets for today's I poh races are: EDEN ROCK and KNIGHT GALLANT. The going is likely to be vrry rood. Trespasser's best bets are JUNGLE PATH and MUSKETEER Latest hints from the course m page seven
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    Two Wide Boys
    13 1 So you know a man with good connections, aid you?"
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    FARMING PLAN TO BEAT IMPORTS
    146 1 FARMING PLAN TO BEAT IMPORTS LONDON, Wednesday. OKIT.MN is liftinf her eyes to the Highlands m the hope of making tho country less dependent on imports for food supplies. The British Government is prepared t< spend £20.000.000 m The next live years m grams and subsidies to turn millions of
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    Jets attack U.S. planes
    46 1 TOKYO. VI Two Russian-type jet fighters dropped from the sun ar s*>o miles an hour yesterday to attack four United States Shooting Star jets near Yalu River. The Amerlrans Jettisoned r bomb loads and chasrd Communist aircraft bark iS 111 I Reuter
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    EARTH TREMOR
    17 1 An earth tremor lasting six ronda shook Aparri j the observatory In nla reporte Reuter
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    TRADE APPROVED
    9 1 Eilgll 1 a 23,Germany and n. A.P.
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    VICTORY SMILES
    55 1 lour jubilant faces from the team that won Hie free style relay event for Standard Five pupils at the Mount Emily pool yesterday. Tliis event was one of many m the Methodist Ciirls* School swimniin»; gala. Left to riffht: Charlotte Means, (ion Hoik Cheok. Jemina Shebabo, and Serena
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    DOING HARD JOB WELL—Strachey
    141 1 DOING HARD JOB WELL— Strachey Troops m Malaya LONDON, Wednesday. MR. JOHN STKACHEY, Secretary for War, told the House of Commons last night that Hritish and Gurkha troops In Malaya were carrying out their arduous duties m an exemplary manner. Making a statement m reply to a question by Brigadier
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    Christmas holidays begin today
    86 1 Christmas holidays begin today Fre<* Pr<->» Staff Reporter MORE than 40.000 Singapore school children be«in their Christmas holidays today. They will report bark on Jan. 8. About 1.200 other children, who ure taking their Cambridge examinations, will begin their holiday! <>n Friday as sour, as they finish their last examination
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    RIGGER FORCES FOR AUSTRALIA
    53 1 RIGGER FORCES FOR AUSTRALIA Reli :es m Canb' rra said that an urgent meet m Cabinet arr Service chiefs m Canbern erday has decided ;jj4th»'n the armed foi The Prime Minister, Mr. Rob p r Menzies. at a p conference foilowing described the w "more Krave 'har. at any time
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    PRINCESS' VISIT'
    40 1 Pr.. El ".ibi-th arrived m Phaleron Bay. Athens, aboard H.M.B. Surprise yesterday evening on a six-day visit "she and the Duke of Edinburgh w *i n.ake c# as g its ol Kiifc Paul And Queen Fr lerika A.P.
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    Colombo Plan move
    82 1 V|R Hi*(;il GAII Chancellor ol the Exchequer, •Vl si',l m i)'.'- on;n s o»t nifht thai Britain had not ,<-t :n-id»» any sterling balance release! loindu. Paki^Ltn ;ind Ceylon under tho Colombo Fl.in for the development of South and Sonth-Easi A Colonel (>. Crosthwalte-Eyre (Cons), had ask«-«i
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    Monument to G.B.S.?
    50 1 LONDON, Wed API HI.IC monument to (ieoryf Bernard Sluw h;is been sim nested m the House of Commons Mr. Herbert Government leader <>J the Honse suid yesterday he thoaglif one "might w^Jl he erected.** hut it wtm not really for the government to take the initiative Reuter
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    GETTING AWAY
    28 1 A 20-year-old Frenchman, M Marcel Bardiawc, who spent a fortnight m Lisbon I trip round the world m his home-built yacht, left vp«tprday for Casablanca. A.P.
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    Pyongyang —city of terror
    188 1  - Pyongyang city of terror LIONEL CRANE From SKOI I \Vedi.<Mia\. JIX hSfJTI after the List Knlish sol< left rjmtf SS)| jeslndax the Chinese Communists u.iik -d into the •ity They began axing road from the north British Brigade faedorm River. They were there m Unit- to In the last planes
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      74 1 r r UADiHStPTtmmisTi X WAXED ORANGE BLOSSOM SC TRIMMED DIAMAMK V HEAD DRESSES S X. FOR Till: CHRISTMAS J^ MMMw 1 TvUa y|?K '1 y FROM $14.50 EACH ART SILK NET BRIDAL VEILS. EMBROIDERED CORNERS AND BORDER x 12 514.50 x 120" 15.00 3 yds x 3 yds 27.50 3
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    An explanation of pleurisy
    968 2 An explanation of pleurisy The Singapore Doctor gives THE Singapore Doctor is being overwhelmed with requests for medical advice. Many of these requests are of an extremely per -.ial nature and readers suffering from such illnesses should undergo a medical examination. The doctor regrets that he cannot answer their questions.
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    TAKE IT EASY Warns a British Doctor
    570 2 TAKE IT EASY Warns a British Doctor IT is a v". under that some town dwellers' legs don't wither away. They seem to have forgotten how 10 walk. For any distance over 200 yards they use the bus, the tram the car, or the taxi, rather than do it on
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    Russian Claim
    190 2 SOVIET scientists a great new discovery which they say may even help science to create life from non-living matter. The purported discovery is m how living cells of plants or animals are formed. It has been given official Soviet blessing as a new theory, and marks another .split
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    Bernard Wicksteed reports a Cherubic Raffles
    6 2 Bernard Wicksteed reports a Cherubic Raffles
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    My gangster son strikes again
    556 2 My gangster son strikes again WHILE everyone is fT talking about the turn of the 20th century I have a problem of my own, and that is the progress of a gangster aged two and a half. This juvenile delinquent, this enemy of society that I harbour at home, has
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      205 2 SINGAPORE l\ew 9 jt y scientific f s' treatment Ye«r* of «kork by eujinent •dmliata led to Ciif HiAoitvrry of Tmrafa* Harrulea* mud ■••it-irninti/ig ro 'be skin, clean and fre« fr«>n> ••b)f*ctionnbla odour, this new remedy «»*if«iria th<- mutt »-ffirirnt •nbstanoe* yet d>-' .vrrrd for Stn«ap4ir« Foot. Simply nib 'I
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      175 2 You cannot keep healthy without vim Lack of sufficient vitamin A lowers boc \f A resistance and makes one more liable to Q A coughs, colds and other chest illnesses.. k PrttTtW ne the r c est known sovroes tf \v\ ■CIQH Vitamin Ais Oookw Halibut Oil. It \\7 a
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    40 3 PMOIO. »3 i>\ tLv KOteWs at •Lceft¥*t>nJ iiiiimissioning the Is,ttt-Ua l.s. bat- Nf\v Jerstw his been m the tthit-'i i I t l'»* 8. mm wns the 11 igship Jjs'uit.ii li-i > Third I I »-t in the last w.ir A.P.
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    AUSSIES GET MORE COMFORTS
    333 3 AUSSIES GET MORE COMFORTS Social service expenses up nmmm SYDNEY, Tuesday. gUML of the things that the Australian anti-Labour Government has done m the past \tar sound more socialistic than anti-socialistic. Australia's social service expendirure today, for instance, is £A30.000.000 a year higher at £A122,000.000 than it was under Labour.
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    18 3 Karachi, capital of Pakistan with its refugee-swollen population of 1.400.000 has a it 40.000 sutTerers from rculosis A.P.
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    'Women of the year'
    51 3 NEW YORK. Tut .v A poll oi newspaper women editors named Mrs. Perle Mesta, U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, as Woman oi the Year fo r 1950. Other outstanding women m the poll were: Film- Gloria Swanson. Literature Pearl Buck. Sports- Oussie Moran. Music-- Margaret Truman. A
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    Moscow tires of Togliatti?
    238 3 ROME, iuesday. 3IGNOR Palmiro Togliatti, mild -ma untied chief of the biggest Communist Party outside the iron curtain, has come out of the hospital fot the third time m two years. But it remains an open question svnether, this time, he will be able to take
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    Bridge Hand
    261 3 SOUTH (1 r an llm hand below m i I North r*rspoi»dtd Two Diamonds raising the level of biddinf on raiher ilenrter t A> Sou-h had seven nen _flTe m Heart! and rhe I outside Kings— it was natural j r biddin? to reach a of Four Heartfl
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    ESTATES IN INDIES
    46 3 Mr. Ernest Davieo, British Undo*- Se<»«*,'-v told a questioner m >he House ot Commons recently that he would take up through diplomatic channels with Indonesia cades of Biitish plantation companies m Indonesia which have jeen unable to get their estates o ck.- Reuter
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      323 3 Solution To Crossword No. 220 .SOLUTION— Across: 1. 14. Up. rds, and at 'em. 7. Comic. 8. Snip. 9, Nods. 11, Rumour, rj. I See IA. 16, Thumb. 17. Amain. 19. Dissemblers. Down: 1. •ncerted. 2. Gem. 3, Arch. 4. Disbud. 5. Airport 6. Departments 10. Detours. 12, Marble 15.
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      279 3 M!s!!drSkG Exclusive to the Singapore Fine Pros* m Malnva JAMfc Exclusive to the Singapore Vne Press m Mains a I DON'T PEEL YOU'LL KNOW V POLKS TM&\ /Wm GOING RjGHT WHY, THAT OO£S YOUR OWN MIND UNTIL YOUVE CRAZIA HAS PUT 1/ ABOARD AND I COR US TOO, LET*S GO
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  • The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY. Dec. 6. 1950.
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      A price too high
      275 4 rr 1 E R E is not the J- slightest doubt that Central Prop. Go- eminent of China has swallowed, hook. hue and Mnker. the mda line of the r Union Whether T ie democratic powers < )uld have prevented I tlia In a m«>n- realistic
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      Nehru's Conversion
      186 4 IT IS tn.s realisation h bai led to the vilin In the world Communist press, of Pandit li mi That man fought British Imperialism, with ■navel vim fanaticism, for many years. Yet tointry I scheduled atCOim the principal t>< nefactor under a great Commonwealth plan for ■ran— k
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    They found homes for the displaced millions
    1156 4  - They found homes for the displaced millions George Godwin By LX)R rather more than three year? the International KefUgee Organisation i<ns carried out a global movement of men, women and rhildren on a scale greater than any mass migration m history. No fewer than 1,500,--000 persons have been assisted: 790
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    They will farm in the desert
    240 4  -  Frederick Cook AT COULEE CANYON By F^OR the first time m 50.000 years, the huge Grand Coulee Canyon, a dried-up watercourse of the Columbia River m the Pacific coast State of Washington, will shortly start filling up with water. When it is full it
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    Music Is Booming In Britain
    723 4  - Music Is Booming In Britain SAMUEL NAPIER t 1 Not only the sale of records but also the number of people who will pay to hear an orchestra has increased. Even those anxious to play some instrument are so many that the teachers are. In many cases, unable to cope
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    Fred Hartley was a swing man
    248 4  -  FELIX -By- OWING and light music lovers would probably be surprised to hear of the arrival m the Colony at Mr. Fred Hartley, one time light music director of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Mr. Hartley, wno >eUetes he is catering for the mass.v, through
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    Toscannini will conduct
    130 4 TOSCANNINI is definitely conducting the BBC orchestra for the Festival of Britain concerts. What sort of orchestra will he find? Issay Dobrowen Russian-born conductor who has been m charge of the BBC Orchestra for the past three weeks, says "It is almost the perfect orchestra to work
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    Record bookings
    169 4 THE Singapore Musical Society report that advance bookings for the "Chri.sr.mas Oratorio" and the Ifcf Blair are excellent In fact. Lhc Society ho>j that its last concert of the 1950 season will break fl records The rehearsal for schoolchildren is a 1 booked out and newi fe awaited
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    ANNUAL FESTIVAL
    126 4 •TONIGHT S Andrew's 1 Cat neural will hold its first performance of the annual Festival of Chunh Music. The Festival is h?ld every year on St. Nicolas' Day— December 6ih this year- o celebrate the affiliate the Cathedral choir f Royal School of Ctimm Music m Canterbury. In
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    The miracle of the snowflakes
    609 5  -  ERIC MITCHELL Malaya is denied the delicate beauty of one of the commonest—and loveliest things— m nature. by T\ a tVw weeks we s -ill l>o receiving Christmas greetings on specially designed and gaity decorated s, ninety per rent, of which will portray a Christmas
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    HOW I DID MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
    1081 5 HOW I DID MY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BEBE YEO drew up a plan. made a sort of preliminary survey and then— well, read for yourself what happened. LAST Christmas I spread my shopping over two months, starting a$ soon as my eye caught the words "only sixty days to Christmas" and
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      217 5 !^^v IV C T A SrtAMUTIM PK/NK OF QUMUTY i A X'mas Qifts j^wfe 6 very body j I FOR THE LADIES: j Perfumes, Cosmetics, Hair Brushes, j Novelty Compacts, Gift Sets, Dressing I J, Jfa n iru re Sets. FOR THE MEM: j Gift Sets, Shuving Brushes, Hair j
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    OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH
    2053 6  - OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH Clayton Rawson Another baffling new detective story m the Free Press weekly series >++by who has won a world-wide X reputation for the ingenuity of his plots. I 4- He is a master of the "sealed room "story m which X there seems to
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      248 6 I X'MAS GJFTS^. 1 g C/#7>. CHINESE CURIOS 0 H ARTS, CARPETS Sjj •S hugs. S a/so TEAK CAMPHORWOOD CHESTS, ETC. SELECT THEM AT OUR Grand X mas h5 I SALE i NOW ON I the PEKING CO. 'f 81. High St. S pore Phone ***** 0j& #s> v& -0&
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      267 6 iTt'Lasi! ft tDECCH 33/3^ long puyiis t Pfc^J«P tnicrog row* ff TT$,) onbrwdwfci, ri, I 33/3 ond 78 r. pJ <■ k B^^Hn J[ IST SHIPMENT ARRIVING EtY SOOI^ I.P Records not only play for about it 2?i side m the 12" and 10 13 minutes m the U" <►
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    The most nostalgic day of the year
    2462 8  -  NEGLEY FARSON Tll \i host and hostess looked around Ihe table and caught our eyes Then we stood up. This was the first time I had ever been a part of this ceremony; and I wondered, on that happy day. at the sudden
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      233 8 L M *X m nts (South East Asia) CATHAY TRADERS 32. Boat Quay Singapore Cable: Catradcrs Singapore. Tel: ***** i PLASTJC i— Gifts of the Season x 1 /''..< i your order early t>> </;•'>/,/ disappointment* I Ptrsuns of taste will want to present something J d r'erent from the
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    SOME LEGENDS OF CHRISTMAS
    1018 9  - SOME LEGENDS OF CHRISTMAS JOHN SHEARING by It is said that on Christmas Eve the Madonna and the Holy Child pass through the world m the guise of poor wayfarers. fjXDOrBTEDU more ni> Ihs aI ,l legends c ling v n >l hristn thun any other annual celebration, and i
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    CHRISTMAS ON THE MAP
    339 9  - CHRISTMAS ON THE MAP GEORGE MELL by 'JIIE most famous place with a Christmas flavour is easily Santa Clans, the little village m Indiana. T.S.A., which hits the headlines c v c r y November, when letters and parcels pour m from all over the globe so that they can
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    No Christmas cheer for me
    814 10  -  W. A. CLARKE A SHORT STORY BY I'VE properly been and put my foot m it over Christmas this year. For some time past, I've been looking forward to spending a nice, quiet Christmas at home with my wife and three-year-old kiddie. Incidentally, I've been
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    Write your wishes in your own hand
    597 10 KAY SEE makes a plea for warmer and more personal messages on Christmas card?. A CHRISTMAS greeting card is often so impersonal. Why not give it life by spelling out a few words of cheer m your own handwriting? It does enlail a
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    OFFICIAL CAROL SINGERS
    362 10 OFFICIAL CAROL SINGERS Waits once had a vested right to chc the ears with nocturnal music. rp<) DAY there Is not quite so much t;il k of "the Wails" ;ts there used to be. "Carol Singers 91 seems to cover the subject. At one time, when the strains of music
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    AFTER THE PARTY
    58 10 Thf -tar k resemble dray m I ytns v In c blotting I 0 Th t moon looks Me a J* nn bun Artt > Days ild and yen Wr£ made 01 M*" Thfinsi of holey eh**<£ Sc h a* *>* roma /.»t f Go nlv knows.
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      255 10 Make Xmas Perfect] Serve PETERS Delicious Super j Cream ICE CREAM FITZPATRICKS FOOD SUPPLIES (FAR EAST) LTD. i 60-66 ORCHARD ROAD TEL 5039 xiaiiiiiiAAiAAAAiiiiiAiAAiA BOOK NOW FOR X'MAS NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES AT RAFFLES X v/lAS EVE— SPECIAL X MAS DINNER AND BALL Dec. 24th Carnival Novelt.es Noisemakers. etc Flaw Show
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    POSTAL WORKERS' YEARLY HEADACHE
    1081 11  -  Mollie S. Patton by Bad packing and slovenly addressing account for the non-arrival of thousands of Ch ristmas pa reels. ©VERY Christmas ,n astonishing puniber of parcels itnl l>v post are never delivered Phis is not lhe fault of the G.P.0., for m the majority of
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    WHAT DID NANCY SEE?
    12 11 fa rZ^o XSitm (^fcVSS £M S& Oecome, dear.
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    Let the children decorate
    203 11 by a Free Prev^ Correspondent (MIBISTMAS is largely a children's festival nn<l they should, us soon as they arc old enough, be allowed to t;ike a hand m the preparations and decorations. Here are a couple of little Christmas scenes which children will enjoy making. can
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      170 11 CHRISTMAS Pi. C\ If MORNING i,i 1 1 bt r Jt t? vith tifU tiki 1 shop t l* 4\ <l"U hi \v. \V Christmas thne J* V j f /l^SvJl, if U.S. DE SUVA JEWELLERS 106, ORCHARD RD. SPORE PHONE 224GS CHRISTMAS GIFTS Select your Xtnas presents fro DULFAKIR'S
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    SANTA CONFESSES
    1327 12  -  Janet Gray On his answers to children's questions depend Santas whole reputation, not only with the sceptical 'little horror' but also with the more credulous and wide-eyed of his infant admirers. to r JpHI-; legend of Father Christmas goes back a very long lime; :md, judging by appearances,
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    CHRISTMAS PARTY
    1192 13  -  Donald Buchanan says good men to come to the aid of the... *-v()\\ is Ihc time 4 for all k'uh\ men Id ronic Ihc aid Ihf l( Jiristmas) ■arty*** s ive M>( n ithering liinls from rsc as a sttcntisl a sta i(MJi:m OB and drink "laid on"
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    THE DUTCH OBSERVE CHRISTMAS QUIETLY
    579 13 But December 5, when 'Sinterkiaas' arrives, is a great day for merry-making, eating, drinking and the exchange of gifts. IN Holland the birth *of Christ is commemorated peacefully m homes and churches. There are no jolly parties crowding Ihe wintry streets and lanes and no
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    'The good olde dayes?'
    810 14  -  SCROOGE DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT, SAYS The whole picture oi Christmas Past is a mass of contradictions, says this authority, a colossal-falsehood designed mply to caler for our miserable inability to face up to the Christmas we are about to undergo. DEFORE me 1 have :i
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    THE DECORATIONS ARE IMPORTANT
    294 14 by a Free Press Correspondent fjHRISTMAS decor- ations ate a most important part of the festival and a house without them is more bereft ol seasonal cheer than one without turkey and plum pudding. In any country where the sun is shining brilliantly at this season,
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    THEIR MAJESTIES SHOP EARLY
    794 15 THEIR MAJESTIES SHOP EARLY At Buckingham Palace the rule is no Christmas gifts from subjects, other than public bodies, no matter how good the intention. But the King and Queen receive hundreds of gifts from friends both at home and abroad by a Special Correspondent T E It E is
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    The judge burst into tears...
    805 15 The judge burst into tears CHARLES BURBANK tells of a judge who, m a weak moment at Christmas, once granted the last request' of a defendant to sing him a carol. <fc THM compliments of Hit' season, Your Worship!' Apart from a polite exchange of greetings between the gaoler and
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    Disappointing
    26 15 Disappoin ting Good intentions and good ueather Never seem to oo together. INSIGHT No wonder he loathed the rest of mankind: He had a telepathic mind.
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    Shirley's Chirstmas Present
    1318 16  - Shirley's Chirstmas Present K.S. CHI A L "gANTA Claus really comes on (Christmas live", Shirley Wee told her friend. M My father talked with him last year". "Shirley', Mary Lim said, "Santa is just a name. He isn't real". "You are 11 years old, aren't you, Shirley?" Johnny Chong cut
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    MANY NEW BOOKS FOR THE CHILDREN
    916 16 MURIEL PENN reports that this year's offerings should go far to solving many a gift problem. £VERY year, m England, the Christmas shopping spree bursts upon the whole country with full force almost with the arrival of November. In London signs of the coming
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    A CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS
    845 17 A CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS MARY BERNARD asks you to make it tr< rtIRISTMAS is i I geotiallv ;i lime far il(lfTI1 for them H THE da> nt tlu ]r looked forward jo 'for months Although there comes time, sooner or later. n en the children -find out" about Santa Claus find
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    Moonsoon Ran Up The Clock
    510 17  -  Kathleen Hickley ffiftffi* Hickory dickory dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory dickory dock. "^OW Mansoor," said Mummy Mouse, you are &t*ttin^ under my paws again! Why don'! you run along and play on the kitchen
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    Greetings with a Malayan flavour
    376 17  -  STEPHEN SIM by THIS Christmas, us :it other Christmasses, millions of greeting cards will find their way into homes m ill parts of the world. A lot of local colour has crept into Christmas card illustrations. In Malaya, we have cards with sketches of Malay
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    6 17 "He'll never get down our chimney."
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    The fascinating true story behind the Teddy Bear
    436 18  - The fascinating true story behind the Teddy Bear W. O. MURPHY by rpiJW ChristmSS hefore lon S it ad become X C the world's most popular millions of chil- soft toy. i «,.;u rr,a ..,u o i And when Frau Steiff died dren will get whcil she was head of
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    RELAX WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR BATH
    445 18 Some advice for the ladies BATH is one of those rare things :i really beneficial luxury available lo ;il niosi everyone, and il can at the same lime be a first rlass beauty treatment lo help you through the seasonal run of parties
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    ANSWER THIS!
    69 18 \jJHEX the English tongue we speak. Why is "break not rhymed With "freak"? Who can tell why it is true We say "seu\" but likewise "few-? "Cow" is eoiv. but "low" is loir; "Shoe' is never rhymed with "foe."' Think of "comb*' and "tomb and "bomb"; "Doll" and
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    14 18 uIV bet your Boxing Day gam* on that pqdang thing is nothing like this:*
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    HOW OTHER NATIONS OBSERVE CHRISTMAS
    1041 19  -  T. J. Grenson by X lh;it peace and HriH are Hie two !(s |,n(fin* notes »l rSrWinas festival, ,lh:.t the keeping Liv .if rhristian u ,x,rv i- <">r of s „n!\r's:il Oi ,H,-.!sl'>mis ..inner m which letail m dill•s. bur th- same spirit nd wille
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    RIDDLES
    86 19 WHICH the gre-i-.est riddle m the world? Lift', because ice must all (jive it up. What, is worse than raining cat a and doas? Hdding omnibuses. Why Is St. Pauls like a bird's nest? It uas built by a Wren. Is there a word m the English language that
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  • Christmas Magazine
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      Masthead
      6 1 Christmas Magazine Wednesday December 6, 1950.
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      In search of a Christmas tree
      1533 1  -  MARIAN WELLS by There is fun and excitement m going a-hunting for your own tree, which may be a branch from the graceful casuarina. rrili; ol»l hw which 1 touched the IM (riling and glistened with the gleams of Ihe liar of Bethlehem was
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        10 1 dff ikmrn-t'cUtctr that contains I b^ E-OTT E.C0..(-#<-M LTD- j
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        237 1 dfdf jgK VZ& 'ft* MM »l S HERMES I SWISS MADE ftj I^^ Mm MEASURES 11 xll x 2!" MKWWBGWWMIWWWIWW^^ g WE.CHS 85 g lIN THE OTHER PAGESii J h snort STORIES- Santa confesses to Janet Gray n*A Q J I 7 J SHORT STORIES Christmas Party, suggestions bu Donald
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      Another Christmas Eve
      2152 2  - Another Christmas Eve BEE WICKERSON Have you ever thought of a ghost falling m love even with another ghost? If you have not, this' story will surprise you. by cIMON vil on Hie edge of Ihe bed despondently Another Christmas, and with everything ns dead :is ;i <l<><>r nail He
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        168 2 GIFTS OF THE SEASON y >:, tiiim- different appropi S methittfi proud t<> [> tscss </;/</ ti pleasure i al ojr Usual Unbeatable Values Raffl«9 Flr>ce. Singapore. BOOKS GALORE PEN TRAYS z M \LL P 3 JO AM TOOKE'S I BOOK SHOP Cold Siorac,s A cade s 5 I >•
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        237 2 SWISS PRECISION WATCHES j— (r s Puk Ynur a :crt d |f| WELMAR I ?lANOJ CHALLEM f BERTLEf iUl^l||Jil COLLARS HiriiiliM JflC COLLARI BRITISH ALL ARE FULLY PIANO TROPICAL! SEP I D. D. L. J Allowed <l.'rmii .V l.lr.lnc (,uiUn 111 \l> OFFK I i ii* Rd. SgNANOtitNQ&CO I I'
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      WITH HOLLY AND IVY CLAD...'
      1199 3  -  R. Lucock Wilson by From the earliest times houses and churches have been decorated at Christmas with holly, yew. ivy and other evergreens. This article tells why. *S old carol tells A' us that %Z S in like a bride fahoUyandny c/u<f.... And certainly Christfj
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      Quaint bequests which provide Yuletide cheer
      676 3 Quaint bequests which provide Yuletide cheer .GEORGE MELL TELLS OF SOME M OST Christmas charities are quiet distributions of money or food for the poor and aged but when Thomas Tuke left sufficient cash to provide an annual gift of 500 loaves to the people of Wath-on-Dearne, near Barnsley, m
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      A wonderful excuse for drinking
      1150 4  -  JOAN ERSKINE says Whether you celebrate m style or quietly at home with the family, here are some cocktail recipes that are well worth trying. CHRISTMAS presents i l^ with a wonderful excuse to indulge m an orgy ol c;it'mg and drinking. Steaming howls of
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      Johnny's views on Christmas
      260 4  -  KLUANGER by LITTLE JOHNNY, five years old, said to his sister Jane: "Here we are, with Christmas creeping on us once again. Father will be dressing up, and think he's Santa Claus, And the house ivill be full up with all our darned 'lnLaws n "I
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      ANSWER THIS!
      51 4 What herb is most injurious to a lady's beauty? Thyme. Born presumably before the world, destined to live about as long as the world, and vet never five weeks old? The moon. Why should all dressmakers settle at the Irle of Wiphtf Because t> II always find "Needles"
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        184 4 v ***************0000 Festivities ADELPHI HOTEL *****0000 **********000 X'MAS SPECIAL X MAS DINNER fir DANCE £V- m the main Dining Room and Crill Room DINERS $9. NON DINERS $4. Appropriate Decorations on the whole Ground Floor of the Hotel of X mas Trees Santa Claus. Bells. Snow and Ice decoration w.th
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        312 4 /W "TMEESTE* if yr R/TMffsr« Ufr RITMEESTER o |»fj RITMEESTER JUH, Ol k*^r St MiU YoßCan S«»ke Tkta All l^J TOH BROTHERS p.o. box 1030. siNCAW»t IDEAL foflj? VB^^^ CHRISTMAS. THE FINEST TOY PROJECTOR EVER MADE! V DUX CINE is very simple to handle and J» operate, and. as only
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      S.C.B.A. TO RALLY CHINESE VOTERS
      258 5 S.C.B.A. TO RALLY CHINESE VOTERS Drive to zvipe out apathy Free Press Staff Reporter \JKMHKRS of the Straits Chinese British Association, Singapore, will go from house o house to encourage more local-born qualified Chinese to register themselves as voters for future elections. Mr. T. W^Ong. S.C.B.A. president, told the Free
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      STARS AND MEDALS
      21 5 Campaign stan and medals now available for distribution to members of re Volunteer Forces a It« Defence Ser-
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      17 5 picture. Alexander tu rant ham. MM «>' I n V«t f'»r talks £Si it H Serene- Free Press
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      Chance offered to schoolboys
      176 5 Ftes Prm Staff Reporter •|\li\P<'KK l.oolxns wlio have passed their )!»l Certificate examination are eligible for a ':il jo'j wHili h hi the salary range of Sl4O a moirn &jm\ B; ildir.i; O\ ••ipal A. IfjM thr Certiftc. Udders Itriuat no candidate^ have forward with The
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      Jobs found for 691
      74 5 JTI.EVEN recruits for the I jcurltg police were n? a number of 691 ken who were found employment m Singapore month through the Labour Exchar.ee. Amahs topped the list of )le who obtained work. The number of amahs employed through the exchange N vember was 135.
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      APPOINTMENT
      24 5 Mr. P. V. Sarma has been appointed a member of the S nuapore Education Committee ?s a representative of the Singapore Teachers' Union.
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      49 5 piriurt*. n«;~r*SU v i>io:nals and ad r.- -.Mtators arrived m Sin- •-•aiiorr yesterday for four-day talks with the cmn iss oner-General. Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald. Picture shows the Deputy Commissioner, Colonial AfTars, Mr. \V Addis, velcoming the Governor of North Borneo. Sir Ralph Hone, at Kalian? Airport- Free Press
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      EYE-WITNESSES WHO DON'T TELL
      169 5 Kree Fress Staff Reporter 'THE problem of how to get the Singapore public Ito co-operate more closely with the Police— especially by coming forward to give evidence after witnessing acts of terrorism-is und?r consideration by the Singapore Government. "Co operation between members of the public and
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      GIFTS FROM ST. NICOLAAS
      33 5 pic ture \FOI7NG Goosetffe Adam steps forward to receive I from St. Nirolaas. the D jtch Santa CIIUI* v. -day's party at th e Dutch Club, Singapore.- Free Press
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      CASH TO CHINA
      16 5 Family remittances from Singapore and the Federation to China totalled $2,604,238 last month.
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      Income tax? It's simple
      122 5 Free Press Stall Reporter "SIMPLIFIED form of income tax" called a Residents Tax is to be introduced m North Borneo., the Governor. Sir Ralph Hone, announced m hJs budget speech to the Legislative Council m Jesselton. The tax will be fixed for every resdent over 18
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      Work on promenade to begin next year
      314 5 Free Press Staff Reporter T*HE Singapore esplanade, already a popular night A resort with its bright lights, will be further improved early next year when work begins on the first instalment of the promenade scheme. This is the conversion of the reclaimed land
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      Next Council elections
      127 5 Free Press Staff Reporter DOMINATION Day for the Singapore Legislative Council elections will be March 5 next year, it was announcer, last night. On Apitl voters will go to the polls Tj eiiect nine representatives to the Council, which at present has only six popularly elected members.
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      STALLHOLDERS EXPLOIT RUMOURS
      218 5 Free Press Staff Reporter PENANG. Tues. DEPORTS that cigarettes have been smuggled to Indonesia, causing an artificial shortage m Penang. were described as "without foundation" by leading local distributors today. "There are ample stocks at present. Provided smokers do not fall into the trap of secret hoarders
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      Shabby Govt. buildings
      137 5 SEREMBAN. Tues. \JO Federal buildings In Neg r i Sembilan are structurally unsound, hut there is an enormous amount of repairs and painting still to be done and funds provided are totally inadequate, states the annual report of the Publhc Works department for N.S. "Such a state
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      WAR MEMORIAL
      34 5 The ceremony of unveiling and dedicating the Singapore Volunteer War Memorial, to have been held on Dec. 8 at the S.V.C. Drill Hall, has been postponed to Dec. 21 at 5 p.m.
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      STREET ROBBERY
      33 5 Two Chinese, one armed with a revolver, held up a Hokkien, Chua Thian Lai at Kitchener Road. Singapore, yesterday and robbed him of a wallet with $35 and an identity card.
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      PEOPLE in Singapore – a local picture page
      243 6 PEOPLE in Singapore a local picture page The (iovernor of Singapore, Sir Franklii (iimson. is accom;j.in. > d hy the Chieftaii of the Singapore St. Andrews Society. Mr E. E. Lwing. and followed by the Conimis sioner General. Mr. Malcolm MucDonaJd ;ts they arrive at the annual dinner of tin
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      37 7 Brishaiif picturr. ■arty (Australia* los^s his hat when attempting to i bait f rortl B*' <ls r nr irl> hitting his wicket. An jL-» the opening da pl.iy of the «hirh Australia on hv 70 runs.- Courier-Mail
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      Oxford beat Cambridge
      215 7 Oxford beat Cam bridge AtfORD Iwat "ambridgv m the inter-Varsity 'Imbv I'nion match before 52,000 soectators by (one goal and one penalty uoa!) to nil tktfd* snow-sprinkled ground at Twickenham tfstfrtUv All tni M« r i ni i t\ime m th? »irst half. ft was a well-merited success for Oxford,
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      PILGRIM'S WAY NOT RUNNING
      1045 7 PILGRIM'S WAY NOT RUNNING Latest hints from course From ALLAN LEWIS IPOH, Wednesday. pHE going: this afternoon will be very good. There was not much discussion on the races at the course this morning because the general opinion is that the programme is one of the hardest seen here for
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      HONOURS WENT TO ENGLAND
      838 7 Australia won first Test but... From BILL BOWES Exclusive to Free Press BRISBANE, Tues. England, needing to score 163 runs with four wickete to rail lost the first Test at Brisbane today by 'C runs. Yorkshireman L^n Hut ton played one of the best innings of
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      All The Latest Selections
      214 7 ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CAM. BOt POINT IK 2 15 "MMV BOY MARCO POLO KENTUCKY II IIMMV BOY kESTVCKI II Martini Screen Jimmy Boy Krntu<k> H fimrnv IV>\ hcrc€n Kentucky II Martini MaiUni ieen R 2 C 2 ™ALIST CAMEUA ACTOR HSUI^I NISTI I 1
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      TODAY'S CARD
      725 7 DOUBLE Totes are on Races 3 and 4. and 6 and 7. Big Sweep on Race 7. Race 1—2.15: Class 4, Div. 3—5 Furs. Str. 1 123 Pilgrims Way McPherson 8.13 2 403 Kentucky II Ellery 8.12 3 000 Screen Ayres 8.11 4 220 Jimmy Boy Bagby 8.10
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      BLINKEY
      7 7 "The trainer insists on live weight."
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      COMMONWEALTH WIN TEST
      48 7 '"THE Commonwealth team won the secwul unofficial Test against ln^a a* Bombay yesterday by ten wickets. India were ail out m their second innings for X/l and the Commonwealth "hen scored 49 for no .<ket for victory-First-innings scores were India 82 and Commonwealth 429. Reuter
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      All out for 51
      50 7 NEW SOUTH WALES (holders) beat Western Australia by 229 runs m their Sheffield Shield cricket match at Perth yesterday. Scores: N.S.W. 220 and 303: W. Australia 243 and 51 'A. Walker 4 for 20. A. Davidson 2 for 6. T. Brooke 2 for 24). AAP Reuter
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      218 7 TCLjRE are tour < a the Singapore t tear. 1 to take put m quadrangular mT 4 to held In Km la I mpw weekend J Kuin r E. H -aia Ebert and M. 1 are unable to plr v and their places will be
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      62 7 COL R. S Ra:t K« rr. i tarv Of M.C.C.. praised the WtM Indies cricket fa which toured England I i summer when speaking at a neeting of the county rr.cket secretaries at Lord's terday. "Ramadhin was a real nnd and everyone will agree that on last year's
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      161 8 ATOM MAY GENERATE U.K. POWER Experimen ting at Harwell LONDON, Wednesday. BRITAIN'S State-owned electricity industry is considering possible developments m the use of atomic energy for generating power, states the industry's second yearly report. The report made no further references to these developments, but it is known that scientists at
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      Washbasins dropping ice bombs
      94 8 Washbasins dropping ice bombs LONDON, Wed. A THEORY that the ice bombs tailing on England come from the wash basin.s of hiu;h flying airliners, had a mixed reception among >h air experts. vash basin theory wai *H lor h by London Sunday D pondent who ■a an airliner's wash the
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      97.97% support for Reds
      82 8 VIENNA Wed. (jURST results of the Rumanian People's Council elections, held on Dec 3. given the Communist -led •'People's Democratic Front" a 97.97 per cent, majority In Bucharest. Out of .1 total of 780.728 rred voters In Bucharest, 7G6.453 persons, or 98.17 per cent, won' to
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      71 8 The West German <:ov merit yesterday challenged Russia to account for 1285.--494 soldiers and thousands of civilians they claim are still behind the Iron Curtain. The Bonn government's memorandum, to be studied by the U.N. committee inns the fate of unrrpatriated prisoners-of-war. said the Russians announced m
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      Tin prices
      38 8 Afternoon dosing prices yesterday for London tin were Spot 1 .080 buyers and 1.100 tellers, with no business. Three monthsEl. ooo buyers and €1.010 sellers, with no business. Total turnover for thp day- 40 tons.- U.P.
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      16 8 RELEASES Negotiations for releases from Israel's sterling balances is expected to open tomorrow m London. U.P.
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      73 8 Seeing the world— free A GALE gave N»w York Harbour pilot a free round trip acrovs the Atlantic. The pilot. Ilonald Waus h. arrived at Liverpool yesterday aboard the unard liner Media. Assigned to pilot the Media out of New York Harbour. Waugh was unable to leave at Ambrose Lightship
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      STASSEN TO VISIT STORE
      75 8 TOKYO, Wed. Harold Stassen, President of the University of Pennsylvania, arrived m Tokyo yesterday on a tour oi Asia. He lunched with General Mac Arthur. Mr. Btassen, who will also visit Singapore and Malaya, said. "I am responding to invitations of leaders of Asia to visit
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      ITALIAN CARS ARE POPULAR
      39 8 Italy la making more motor cars than ever before, but the demand still exceeds output. The total 1950 output Ls expected to be 120.000 units compared with 86.firm <n 1049 rind 77.000 m 1937.- A.P.
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      159 8 LOXDOX, Wednesday. ITXCERTAIXTY was again uppermost In the London Stock Exchange yesterday and once again there was a slow drift to lower levels. With some marking down at the outset following overnight weakness of Wall Street, domestic issues remained sensitive to the smallest order. British
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      38 8 PRAYERS AT ETNA— Women kneel m prayer while pol*ce and soldiers persuade them to evacuate to a place of safety, as the advancing lava stream (background) nears their homes m the hamlets built around Mount Etna, Catania, Sicily.
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      KOREA ASKS NATIONS FOR ARMS AID
      90 8 KOREA ASKS NATIONS FOR ARMS AID SEOUL. Wed. THE Korean Government yesterday decided to send messages to Britain. France and America asking for immediate arms aid. it Is learned from a usually reliable source m Seoul. The source said the decision was taken at a secret emergency meeting of the
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      32 8 Bishops throughout the world have been gran eel permission by Pope Pius to authorise the celebration of a night mass between Dec. 7 and 8, for the Immaculate Conceotion A.P.
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      181 8 MUNICH, Wednesday. THE announcer on the radio at Munich, Germany, A was reading a news report of a speech by Belgian Socialist leader Paul Henri Spaak when he suddenly paused and said "Regina Queen of Diamonds/ Then he continued his news reading. Hundreds of people phoned
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      32 8 Radio Marseilles last night requested search for a Wellington aircraft en route to Gibraltar which is believed to have crashed Into the sea or on the coast.- A.P.
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      291 8 WOMAN ADMITS STABBING HUSBAND WARWICK, England, Wednesday. TT sounded like a description of a mad, surrealist film or the nightmare scenes of a troubled dream. But it was the story of a woman's life. Mrs. Frieda Pratt, 29 and attractive, sat' with bowed head m
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      96 8 NEW YORK. Wed THE New York Stock Exchange, encouraged by relatively light selling pressure following Monday's new lows for the downtrend buyers staged a mild recovery yesterday which was later extended to gains of up to two dollars or more. The close wa s firm at
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      29 8 Yesterday's closing prices on the Hong Kong Money Exchange were: HK56.44 6.44.1 per US dollar. HK $16.10 per pound sterling HK $316.5 per tael of gold. U.P.
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